MCSA Contracts with Work from Home Options

Microsoft Certified Solutions Associate (MCSA) formerly Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator
UK > Work from Home

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) with a requirement for MCSA qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 2 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 336 427 606
Rank change year-on-year +91 +179 -130
Contract jobs citing MCSA 13 32 20
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.089% 0.13% 0.045%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.34% 0.52% 0.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 29 15
10th Percentile £310 £331 £210
25th Percentile £363 £400 £284
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £469 £520 £413
Median % change year-on-year -9.86% +26.06% +10.00%
75th Percentile £638 £645 £488
90th Percentile £800 £675 £657
UK median daily rate £425 £520 £427
% change year-on-year -18.27% +21.78% +22.00%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Work from Home

MCSA is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 3,834 6,121 8,866
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 26.18% 25.25% 20.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,485 4,161 6,297
10th Percentile £335 £380 £375
25th Percentile £438 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +6.75%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £625
90th Percentile £725 £745 £700
UK median daily rate £530 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -3.64% +4.76% +6.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 257 247 220
10th Percentile £15.46 £18.80 £19.35
25th Percentile £24.00 £42.50 £39.75
Median hourly rate £43.00 £62.50 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -31.20% +25.00% +33.33%
75th Percentile £67.81 £70.00 £65.66
90th Percentile £84.13 £80.25 £72.75
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £55.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -27.27% +23.60% +28.84%

MCSA
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing MCSA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

MCSA trend for jobs with a WFH option

MCSA
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing MCSA.

MCSA daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

MCSA
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing MCSA over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

MCSA daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

MCSA
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing MCSA.

MCSA hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

MCSA
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 6 (46.15%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (23.08%) Confluence
3 2 (15.38%) SharePoint
4 1 (7.69%) Exchange Server 2007
4 1 (7.69%) Exchange Server 2010
4 1 (7.69%) IIS
Cloud Services
1 3 (23.08%) AWS
1 3 (23.08%) Azure
1 3 (23.08%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (15.38%) Entra ID
2 2 (15.38%) OneDrive
3 1 (7.69%) Amazon EC2
Communications & Networking
1 7 (53.85%) DNS
2 6 (46.15%) DHCP
3 3 (23.08%) SAN
4 2 (15.38%) NAS
4 2 (15.38%) VPN
5 1 (7.69%) LAN
5 1 (7.69%) NetScaler
5 1 (7.69%) Remote Desktop
5 1 (7.69%) TCP/IP
5 1 (7.69%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (15.38%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (23.08%) JIRA
General
1 4 (30.77%) Finance
1 4 (30.77%) Social Skills
2 3 (23.08%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (23.08%) Military
3 2 (15.38%) Banking
3 2 (15.38%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 4 (30.77%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 3 (23.08%) Test Engineer
3 2 (15.38%) Analyst
3 2 (15.38%) Business Analyst
3 2 (15.38%) Integration Engineer
3 2 (15.38%) Server Engineer
3 2 (15.38%) Support Engineer
3 2 (15.38%) Technical Analyst
3 2 (15.38%) Technical Business Analyst
3 2 (15.38%) Test and Integration Engineer
3 2 (15.38%) Windows Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) 3rd Line Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) 3rd Line Support
4 1 (7.69%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Desktop Support
4 1 (7.69%) Exchange Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Lead
4 1 (7.69%) Remote Desktop Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Remote Desktop Support
4 1 (7.69%) Remote Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (23.08%) PKI
2 2 (15.38%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (7.69%) Clustering
3 1 (7.69%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 13 (100.00%) Windows
2 11 (84.62%) Windows Server
3 3 (23.08%) Windows Server 2012
4 2 (15.38%) Windows 10
5 1 (7.69%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (53.85%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 3 (23.08%) Agile
2 3 (23.08%) Critical Thinking
2 3 (23.08%) Regression Testing
2 3 (23.08%) Test Scripting
2 3 (23.08%) User Experience
3 2 (15.38%) BCP
3 2 (15.38%) Business Analysis
3 2 (15.38%) Computer Science
3 2 (15.38%) Fintech
3 2 (15.38%) High Availability
4 1 (7.69%) Change Control
4 1 (7.69%) Database Security
4 1 (7.69%) Mentoring
4 1 (7.69%) Proactive Maintenance
4 1 (7.69%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (7.69%) Project Delivery
4 1 (7.69%) Root Cause Analysis
4 1 (7.69%) Strategic Thinking
4 1 (7.69%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 5 (38.46%) SQL
2 4 (30.77%) PowerShell
3 1 (7.69%) Python
Qualifications
1 13 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 8 (61.54%) MCSE
3 4 (30.77%) CCNA
3 4 (30.77%) Cisco Certification
4 3 (23.08%) CCNP
4 3 (23.08%) Degree
4 3 (23.08%) SC Cleared
4 3 (23.08%) Security Cleared
4 3 (23.08%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 2 (15.38%) AWS Certification
5 2 (15.38%) MCSD
6 1 (7.69%) A+ Certification
6 1 (7.69%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
6 1 (7.69%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 1 (7.69%) Azure Certification
6 1 (7.69%) CCENT
6 1 (7.69%) CESG Certified Professional
6 1 (7.69%) Citrix Certification
System Software
1 11 (84.62%) Active Directory
2 5 (38.46%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (7.69%) Hyper-V
3 1 (7.69%) Microsoft App-V
3 1 (7.69%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (7.69%) XenApp
3 1 (7.69%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 2 (15.38%) SCCM
2 1 (7.69%) Jamf Pro
2 1 (7.69%) WSUS
Vendors
1 11 (84.62%) Microsoft
2 6 (46.15%) VMware
3 2 (15.38%) Cisco
3 2 (15.38%) Dell
3 2 (15.38%) HP
4 1 (7.69%) Citrix
4 1 (7.69%) IronPort
4 1 (7.69%) Okta
4 1 (7.69%) SolarWinds